{"id":11250,"date":"2018-02-18T20:14:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T00:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=11250"},"modified":"2018-02-18T20:18:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T00:18:21","slug":"episode-257-jerry-beck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-257-jerry-beck","title":{"rendered":"Episode 257 – Jerry Beck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 257: Jerry Beck<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I loved movies and I loved drawing, so animation was the perfect middle ground.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Animation historian Jerry Beck<\/a> joins the show to talk about his recent Museum of Modern Art screening, Cartoons You Won\u2019t See on TV<\/a> (and the ongoing exhibition<\/a> it accompanies). We get into Jerry’s career arc, starting with his research gig for Leonard Maltin, the importance of curation in the arts, his role in the anime revolution in the US, the uphill battle to preserve and restore old cartoons, the book he’s proudest of, the importance of talking to the old-time inkers and behind-the-scenes artists (and not just the big names), how he teaches animation history to students who grew up watching Rugrats<\/em>, why What’s Opera, Doc?<\/em><\/a> is the greatest cartoon of all time, what’s going to be in his dream animation festival, and more! Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n

“Cartoons are to be enjoyed, not to be torn apart and studied. I’m more interested in how they came to be than what they mean.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n